Ever Attempt Concurrent-Convergent Selective Breeding?

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AdoreChampignons
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Ever Attempt Concurrent-Convergent Selective Breeding?

#8941834 - 09/17/08 01:24 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

I was thinking today about how a multi characteristic selective breeding program could be expedited. For example, if I wanted to breed a mushroom strain that had shorter stems, larger caps, higher yield, and lower abort ratios, could that selection process be done simultaneously and still be time efficient? May be. I think the efforts could be done initially separately and then converge.

The effort could be started initially as a goal for four distinctly different strains. The goal for the first strain, or Strain A, would be shorter stems. The goal for Strain B would larger mushroom caps. The goal for Strain C would be to have higher yields. For the last strain, Strain D, the goal would be simply the development of a strain with the lowest abort ratio. The effort to develop the four different strains could be done concurrently.

Once the four strains have been establish and stabilized, the strains can then be merged. Strain A could be mated with Strain B in an attempt to create a Strain AB that exhibits characteristics of both Strains A and B. Strains C and D could me also mated in attempt to create a Strain CD.

Once the two secondary strains, Strains AB and Strain CD, have had their characteristics confirmed and stabilized, they can be taken to the last step. In an attempt at convergence, strains AB and CD are mated to create the final strain, Strain ABCD.

While it sounds easy as pie on paper, I’m sure it’s still a hell of a lot of work to do.

What do you think? Was this a novel idea or did I re-invent the wheel again? If it's an old idea, what are the pit falls of this procedure that are not readily apparent?

Mycophilic One

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RogerRabbit
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Re: Ever Attempt Concurrent-Convergent Selective Breeding? (moved)

[Re: AdoreChampignons]
#8943390 - 09/17/08 11:37 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

This thread was moved from Advanced Mycology.

Reason:
Most of those variables are environment related, not genetic.
RR